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The Release of the Spirit by Watchman Nee |
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Written by Denise
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Saturday, 22 November 2008 06:17 |
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Feeling tired and broken down lately. You might want to read The Release of the Spirit, by Watchman Nee. As a true believer and seeker of God, you will experience challenges that are designed to form you into the person God created you to be. While I do not believe that God causes these challenges, He obviously allows them to creep into the lives of all believers as a part of the sanctification process. He is refining His people.
Excerpt:
THE BREAKING of the outward man is the basic experience of all who serve God. This must be accomplished efore He can use us in an effective way. When one is working for God, two possibilities may arise. First, it is possible that with the outward man unbroken, one's spirit may be inert and unable to function. If he is a clever person, his mind governs his work; if he is a compassionate person, the emotions control his actions. Such work may appear successful but cannot bring people to God. Second, his spirit may come forth clad in his own thoughts or emotions. The result is mixed and impure. Such work will bring men into mixed and impure experience. These two conditions weaken our service to God.
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The inward man is freed only after the outward man is broken. This is the basic road to God's service.
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